Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Jakub Dolezal Quartet - Village Years (2016)


Label: Self Produced


Jakub Dolezal has been active musician since his fifteen, when he joined the folkrock band Kredo. As some of his bandmates were also playing with legendary czech underground group Extempore, Jakub soon found himself gigging all around the Czech Republic, way beyond the borders of small region of Moravske Budejovice, where he comes from. Since 1995 until 1999 he was busy playing in several local bands and studying secondary school altogether. When he was nineteen he moved to Prague to study at Jaroslav Jezek's Conservatory. In 2003 he continued in his studies at Jaroslav Jezek Jazz College, where he graduated in 2006. He studied with S. Markovic, F. Kop, R. Fras, J. Honzak or D. Doruzka, to name a few. Since his arrival to Prague, Jakub was honoured with playing with some of the Czech top musicians and with membership in several closely watched projects. He was a member of a soul jazz organ combo Jan Korinek and Groove (with Czech legend Vladimir Guma Kulhanek on bass), that also served as a backing band for US blues singers. Jakub was also a member of a horn section of pop-funk group Zaha, which opened for James Brown's Prague concert in 2004. Jakub has been also active in rock field, he appears regularly with Czech Pink Floyd tribute shows “The Wall“ and „The Dark Side Of the Moon“ (where he also provides some minor keyboard, guitar and vocal parts). Jakub has been also a teacher of saxophone and improvisation on Summer Rock Workshop in Prachatice. In 2006 Jakub took part on european tour of an international bigband European Youth Jazz Orchestra, with Barry Forgie of BBC Bigband as a conductor. Jakub Dolezal is currently a member of jazz group Work In Progress, world-fusion band Benedikta and Ondrej Pivec's awarded Organic Quartet. Instruments: Tenor sax SML Alto sax SML Super 47 Soprano sax Keilwerth SX 90.


1. Village Years 06:25
2. Remember What The Cowboy Said 05:06
3. Lullaby No. 2 04:37
4. Lullaby No. 3 04:17
5. 70's Flute Song 04:51
6. He The Little Dragon 04:52
   

Jakub Dolezal - saxophone
Jiri Simek - guitar
Marek Lezdik - bass
Jakub Sindler - drums


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